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G. M. BACON, 

DeWitt, Mitchell Co., Georgia. 



COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY G. M. BACON. 






THE PECAN. 



Its Popularity. — Considerable attention has been given, during the last few 
years, to the planting and cultivation of the Pecan tree. When its merits are 
more generally known, and appreciated, more trees will be planted, and at 
no distant date Pecan groves will be more popular and more profitable than 
were once the orange groves of Florida. 

The Pecan's Advantage. — The world is the market for Pecans — none 
growing on the eastern continent. Pecans can be shipped like corn' or wheat, 
and not being perishable like fruits, do not have to be forced on the markets. 
They can therefore be held for a considerable length of time, the market 
watched, and the nuts placed on sale when the best price can be commanded. 

Regarding the Tree. — The Pecan and Hickory are of the same family, 
and in the same soil and under the same climatic conditions, where one thrives, 
so will the other. They are found in their wild state, scattered from the Gulf 
to the Lakes and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Like the Hickory, the 
Pecan grows to an enormous size, lives to an indefinite age and is one of the 
handsomest of shade trees, having a large spread, with very dense foliage 
of a dark, rich green. 

Kind of Soil. — We have groves planted on almost all grades of land and 
kinds of soil to be found in this section of the State. We find the Pecan does 
slightlv better on some, but thrives and bears well practically on all. However, 
soils continuously boggy or springy should be avoided, unless capable of drain- 
age. Occasional overflows do not hurt the trees. A few of our best trees are 
subject to the overflow of the Flint River, and although they have stood several 
feet in water for fifteen days at a time they are as vigorous and as heavy annual 
bearers as any of the others. One of our young groves, very near the river, 
has upon several occasions been entirely submerged during portions of winter 
and spring, but we fail to see where it has hurt it in the least. 

The Pecan Adapts Itself to Circumstances. — The Pecan is in reality a 
very hardy tree, and adapts itself to varying conditions. Where trees are planted 
on land with a very wet subsoil or quicksand, the tap-root ceases to grow 
after reaching a stratum where there is a sufficient supply of water. The tap- 
root will form a lars-e knob, and lateral roots will run in all directions. 

Regarding the Nut. — There is a great difference in the quality and market 
value of the nuts from different sections and from different trees. Some are 
small, thick-shelled and of poor quality. In planting groves, trees grown from 
these nuts should be carefully avoided. The best varieties produce nuts with 
thin shells, well filled, of good keeping qualities, and delicious flavor, and only 

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Clusters of half-grown nuts. (August.) Variety: "Bacon's 
Choice." Grown at DeWitt, Ga. 



Cluster of eight immature "Atlanta" nut?, cut from stick 
of budding wood in July. Showing sacrifice of valuable nuts 
by nurseryman where buds are taken for propagating pur- 
poses from bearing trees. 



nuts combining these qualities are being propagated by us, either as seedlings 
or by grafting and budding. 

In the Market. — Bulletin No. 54, of the Florida Experiment Station, says : 
"When we consider the fact that more than two and a half million dollars worth of 
nuts were imported last year, it can readily be seen that there is still a large 
demand. * * * * and, moreover, this demand is steadily increasing !" It must be 
remembered that the imported nuts are in no way equal to the delicious thin- 
shelled Pecans of standard varieties grown in the South, and if these nuts can 
find such sales, what can we not expect from the Pecan? Prof. H. Harold 
Hume, the writer of the article from which the above is an extract, in a personal 
letter says : "I recently had a letter from a gentleman whom I know in New 
York, saying that he had just disposed of two carloads of Pecan nuts, mostly 
from Louisiana and Texas, of small size, at nine cents per pound wholesale. 
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I am convinced that Pecan culture is to become a paying business. Now, if 
these Texas and Louisiana Pecans will sell for nine cents per pound, I can not 
see why nuts from Florida and Georgia should not bring a much better price." 
Professor Hume has thoroughly investigated the Pecan in all its phases, 
and as a commercial crop recommends it above all other nuts and fruits. 




Residence of Mr. G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga. 



Profits of Pecan Groves. — Much has been written to the newspapers about 
the profits of a Pecan grove. For years we have been reading letters to the 
newspapers and articles upon the subject. Letters have been published from 
persons with "something to sell," also from persons actuated by the higher 
motive of doing something for their fellow men, but we have not seen any 
statement bearing upon the profits of a Pecan grove (under good management) 
which is entirely unreasonable. In fact, in the light of latter-day knowledge 
and experience, the profits of the future must be much greater than in the 
past, resulting from the selection and testing of many nuts and improved trees ; 
also from the better knowledge of the food and soil requirements of the Pecan 
tree, together with the increasing demand for nuts and from the most forceful 
fact that fine Pecans (be they extra large or of medium size) have never yet 
been produced in sufficient quantities to put on the market for edible purposes, 

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the facts being that they are readily sold at high figures for planting purposes. 
There are tens of thousands of people all over the country who have never even 
seen any of the choice nuts now being grown, let alone eaten any, for thev 
are rarely sold at a price at which one can afford to eat them. These fine nuts 
are as easily grown as the small ones. Persons starting into Pecan culture 
now can do so with a certainty of success if they will buy only good trees from 
experienced and reliable men. When we started planting Pecan trees we bought 
anything we could get (as others are doing now), and we have in our groves 
trees producing nuts of all shapes and sizes — some with shells so thin that they 
crack when falling to the ground, others with shells requiring a hammer to 
break them ; but fortunately we also have trees, heavy annual bearers, producing 
nuts unexcelled in all good qualities, and it is only from these trees that we 
are propagating, either by budding and grafting or by raising the seedling trees. 
The experience we now have would have been of inestimable worth to us six- 
teen years ago, while the planter of to-day need not take any chances. 

Age of Bearing. — We have a few seedling trees which bore nuts at five 
years (notably the Georgia Giant). This is exceptional and can not be relied 
upon. A larger number of trees, however, came into bearing at six years, and 
many at seven. We have no trees that have not borne in nine years, many 
bearing profitable crops from six years upwards. The subject of age of bearing 
is discussed under budding and grafting. The most impossible stories are told 
by irresponsible and dishonest dealers upon this subject, many trees having been 
guaranteed to bear in two years, but it will be observed that such men prefer 
to be paid for such trees when they are sold. 

Injurious Insects. — Persons who say that the Pecan is entirely free from 
insect enemies are in error — sometimes intentionally, sometimes from inexperience 
or ignorance. The Pecan tree, of all the valuable food-producing trees, is 
attacked by fewer insects or fungous diseases than almost any other tree. Owing 
to its hardy and vigorous nature, injuries made by insects seldom effect a per- 
manent disablement to the tree or cause its death, provided that one-fourth the 
care necessary to maintain peach trees and many others be given it. The old 
adage about there being no roses without thorns applies to all nature's gifts 
and mundane affairs, but in the case of the Pecan, profitable crops of fruit can 
be made with more certainty, with less expense, with less trouble from insets, 
and with less worry than any other valuable food-producing tree. 

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AS TO PLANTING AND CULTIVATION. 

Inquiries and Answers. — We receive a great many inquiries regarding the 
setting out, care and cultivation of Pecan groves. As we give our personal 
attention to all the details of selection, propagation, packing, shipping, etc., we 

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find it impossible to answer such inquiries in detail, and offer the following in 
lieu thereof. Please study carefully, and if there is anything you wish to 
know not contained herein, write us about it and we will take pleasure in advising 
you. 

Plant Nuts, or Transplant? — We have planted nuts where we wanted trees 
to grow, but have abandoned that method, as we have found that transplanting 
from a nursery is far preferable. When others have contended with the same 
difficulties we have, in the shape of held mice, squirrels, moles, salamanders, 
pigs, grubs, wood lice, and "what not," and find themselves (after yearly 
replanting for five or six years) with a grove (?) of trees running from ten 
inches to ten feet high, they will come to the same conclusion. It will pay to 
buy the young trees from a reliable nurseryman rather than to try, without any 
experience, to raise your own trees for transplanting. By the time vou figure 
in the loss of a year or more in getting a grove started, and the cost of the, seed, 
fertilizer, cultivation and percentage of losses in non-germination and dying 
out, together with the trouble and expense of digging up trees properly, it would 
have been better to have bought the trees all ready for transplanting. 

When to Plant. — In the Southern States, Pecan trees may be set out any 
time after the leaves drop in the fall (usually about the first week in November), 
until generally the end of March. It is essential, however, that trees be dor- 
mant. We favor the plan of setting out trees in the late fall and early winter, 
where possible. This allows earth to fully settle, and wounds ( if any ) on roots 
to heal, and new, small rootlets to form before growing season begins. A soil 
temperature several degrees above that of the atmosphere stimulates root-growth. 
In fall we have natural conditions which are essentially those most suitable 
to the formation of roots. If set out early in the winter, a larger percentage of 
trees will live and they will make a better growth the first year. We have 
set out Pecan trees in April, when buds were swelling, and with good success, 
but it is prudent to give trees a copious watering if set out this late. 

In the North, Northwest, and Middle States, above, approximately, the 
forty-first degree of latitude, or south of an arbitrary line running across the 
United States, touching the cities of New York, Pittsburg, Pa., Marion, O., 
Logansport, Ind., Peoria, 111., Council Bluffs, Iowa, North Platte, Neb., Chey- 
enne, Wyoming, Salt Lake City, Utah, the ground will frequently be frozen or 
snow-bound by the time Southern-grown trees are perfectly dormant. Under 
these circumstances spring planting must be resorted to, possibly with advantage, 
as were it possible to set out trees in the fall the subsequent freezing of the 
soil and drying winds would be likely to injure the newly-set trees. Orders 
for trees where these conditions prevail should be made earlv to ensure getting 
them: and if shipped at time of order trees must be stored in cool storage 
(cellars, etc. ) until springtime, or not shipped until ground is in suitable con- 

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dition for planting. Dormant trees may be kept many months. We have every 
facility for storing trees until late in the spring, ensuring their dormancy for 
several weeks after trees in nurseries have started to grow. 

"Some say to plant trees in the spring, 
And some say in the fall ; 
But the worst are those who compromise, 
And plant no trees at all." 

Distance Apart. — As to the distance between the trees, our plan is to plant 
30x30 feet apart, or forty-eight trees to the acre. While this will eventually 
be too close, nuts can be gathered from these trees for some years before it 
will become necessary to cut out every alternate tree. Some even advocate 
planting 20x20 feet, which gives one hundred and eight trees to the acre, and 
nuts from all for several years, when they can then be thinned. In planting 
permanent groves, where land is no object, we prefer to set them from 40x40 
to 50x50 feet and even further apart, for at 50x50 feet in thirty years they 
will meet, under favorable conditions. 

Care of Trees Upon Arrival. — Upon arrival of shipment of trees, bundles 
should be opened, a trench dug in a cool place, and roots of trees laid therein, 
with tops out, covering up roots with cool, damp earth and lightly watered. 
Trees may be kept in good condition several months in this way. At no time 
must roots be allowed to dry out, although an excess of moisture is not neces- 
sary, and roots should be wrapped up in wet sacking or other material when 
taking to field for planting. Many trees are lost and nurserymen blamed for 
failure to take this precaution. 

How to Set Out the Trees. — In setting out Pecans about a lawn or yard 
for both nuts and shade, care should be taken to dig large holes and to remove 
the clay entirely. Fill in with rich earth and well-rotted manure, the latter put 
in so as not to come in direct contact with the roots of the tree. In the center 
of this filling push or drive in a stake and withdraw same, leaving a hole of 
sufficient size and depth to take in the young tree without crowding the roots. 
If trees are older than one year, larger holes must be made in order that lateral 
roots may be set in a natural position. Press the dirt carefully with the hands, 
but do not tramp with the feet. The young tree should be set at such a depth 
that, after a copious watering and the permanent settlement of the earth and 
tree, it will be the same depth as it stood in nursery row, no part of the crown 
or root being left exposed to light. The- same method is applicable to setting 
out groves, except it is not necessary to dig such large holes. Instead, the land 
should be plowed and subsoiled as deeply as practicable, either previous to planting 
or as soon thereafter as possible. If tap-roots are inconveniently long, they 
may be cut off by a sloping cut with a sharp knife, leaving eighteen to twenty- 
four inches. The foolish theory about a Pecan tree not bearing if its tap-root 























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is cut has been so abundantly disproved by ourselves and ethers that it is not 
worth discussion. Wood-lice sometimes attack and eat oft the roots of a small 
proportion of newly-set trees. Ordinary care, therefore, should be taken to 
see that no pieces of wood or other debris upon which the lice, their eggs or 
larvae might gain admittance to bottom of hole be contained in the soil. All 
stakes set in the ground near trees should be tarred or charred to prevent wood- 
lice attacking them and subsequently finding their way to root of tree. Our 
experience is that trees are only in danger of wood-lice the first year they are 
transplanted. 

Fertilizers. — Well-rotted barnyard manure contains practically all the plant- 
food needed by a Pecan tree. As it is difficult to get this in very large quan- 
tities, as a substitute we advise the use of some high-grade fruit-tree fertilizer. 
As a tree reaches the bearing age, highly ammoniated or nitrogenous fertilizers 
should not be used, but the percentage of poiash and phoshoric acid should be 
increased. Nitrogenous fertilizers cause a rapid growth, and while the tree is 
young it is best to encourage as much healthy growth as possible, so that when 
it gets to be about five years old it will have a good-sized top and greater bearing 
surface. Fertilizers should not be applied in direct contact with roots of trees 
when set out, and when applied in subsequent years should be broadcasted over 
a wide area around the tree, proportionate to its size. The application of 
fertilizers too near the tree causes a congestion of roots and is likely to burn 
them — it should be spread out as far as possible. 

Culture. — In Pecan groves, low-growing crops may advantageously be 
planted, such as field-peas, melons, potatoes, peanuts, cotton, etc., until the trees 
are five or six years old, when they should begin to bear. The land should then 
be given up to the trees, if desirable, but it should be plowed and harrowed 
early in the spring and again in the fall. If sown in peas the hay cut from 
same more than pays expenses and is beneficial to the soil. Young trees should 
be kept free from grass and weeds, and occasional hoeings during the growing 
season are highly beneficial. Trees of all sizes may also be mulched with leaves, 
straw, etc., to good advantage, conserving soil moisture, reducing expense in 
hoeing and affording a slowly-decaying supply of plant-food. 

Bear This in Mind. — In planting a Pecan grove it is not advisable to have 
only one variety. Trees of early, medium and late blooming should be planted, 
and these not in too large blocks of one variety. Where only two or three 
varieties are planted, it is better to alternate several rows of each variety. The 
staminate (male) bloom which furnishes the pollen comes on the wood of the 
previous season's growth, and the pistillate (female) bloom, from which the nut 
is formed, is produced on the new growth when it has grown six to ten inches. 
It will occasionally happen (and with some trees habitually) that the male 
blooms (catkins) mature and release their pollen before the female bloom is 
sufficientlv developed to be influenced by it, or heavy rains will wash the pollen 

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from the catkins at a time when pistillate bloom is in the right condition for 
pollenization. Without pollenization the female bloom withers and dies, as a 
result of which there will naturally be no nuts. It therefore follows that if 
several varieties are planted, which bloom early, medium and late, that a con- 
tinuous supply of pollen in the grove is available. This pollen is a dryish 
yellow, almost impalpable dust and is capable of being carried by air currents 
a great distance. The pollen from one Pecan or allied tree is fully as efficacious 
in fertilizing the female blooms of another tree as it is its own, hence the fre- 
quent hybridization and cross pollenization of one variety with another, with the 
resulting lack of certainty of a seedling tree reproducing identically the nut 
from which it is grown. The product may be better or inferior, for there is 
no telling what took place at the time of pollenization of the original nut. The 
nuts from a seedling tree bearing a small nut, if that tree was surrounded by 
trees bearing larger nuts, would assuredly be an improvement, but vice versa. 
Opinion upon the subject of the percentage of nuts coming true to seed is 
very variable, but it is a fact that seedling apples, pears, peaches, etc., have long 
since been discarded. 

Management. — It has repeatedly come to our knowledge that many parties 
at a distance are deterred from planting Pecan groves on account of inability 
to spare the time to investigate the subject and the uncertainty where to go to 
buy suitable land or to whom to entrust the matter. We would be pleased to 
act as agents for such parties for reasonable compensation, thereby giving them 
the benefit of many years' practical experience in the selection of land, trees, 
their planting, and subsequent cultivation of same. Correspondence upon this 
subject is invited. 

GENERAL. 

Budded and Grafted Trees. — Owing to the increasing demand for budded 
and grafted trees, we have had several of our own best varieties, and others of 
pronounced excellence, propagated. 

Results Are the Same. — W^e have so many inquiries as to the difference 
between a budded and grafted tree that to save correspondence will here say that, 
so far as results are concerned, there is no difference. A budded tree will bear 
as soon as a grafted tree, and vice versa. Grafting is done in the winter and 
spring months, by various methods, while trees are more or less dormant. 
Budding is done in the summer, by the annular or veneer shield methods, when 
sap is flowing freely. The operations of grafting and budding are entirely 
different, but the ultimate result is the same, and a budded tree is just as desirable 
as a grafted one. We therefore reserve the right to ship either budded or 
grafted trees, according to our stock of each kind. 

Budded and Grafted Trees Compared With Seedlings. — Grafted and bud- 
ded trees have advantages over seedlings because (i) they usually begin to bear 
much earlier than seedlings; (2) they reproduce the variety from which buds 



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and grafts were taken; (3) uniformity in size, shape and quality of nuts; (4) 
perpetuation of characteristics of parent tree; (5) greater care and attention 
usually given them on account of their greater value, resulting in quicker growth 
and early fruiting. 

Cost of Budded and Grafted Trees. — As a consequence of the variahle suc- 
cess attending the propagation of Pecans, and the comparative slowness of the 
various processes of grafting and budding, as compared with the simpler prop- 
agation of peaches, plums, oranges, apples, etc., the trees must necessarily sell at 
a price which allows a margin to cover (1) had seasons; (2) sacrifice of nuts 
from choice bearing trees by the cutting of scions or budding wood; (3) tem- 
porary disfigurement of seedling trees where grafts or buds fail to take; (4) 
the extra care and attention necessary the first season; (5) the fact that the 
stocks must lie two years or more old; (6) that whole roots must be used. 
wdiereas with many other trees grafts can be successfully grown on short section 
of root. 

Losses to Nurserymen. — Great losses in budding and grafting occur some 
years from unfavorable weather, prolonged drouths, or prolonged rainy weather, 
being generally inimical to the success of the respective operations. 

"Best Is the Cheapest." — In horticulture (for profit), as in all other busi- 
ness matters, the best is the cheapest in the long run. A Pecan tree lives to an 
indefinite age, and generation after generation will enjoy the fruits of what 
we are now planting; therefore plant the best you can get and leave a perma- 
nent monument to your skill and foresight. 

Good Stock, Why It Should be Planted. — This covers an important feat- 
ure of the nursery business. The following plan is strongly and earnestly 
advocated as being the most reasonable and rational where seedling groves are 
planted, whether the trees are intended to be subsequently budded or grafted 
or otherwise : In private or commercial orchards, only seedlings grown from 
choice nuts, gathered from trees of vigorous growth and prolific annual bearers, 
should be planted, even if they cost a little more than the common seedling, 
for the following practical reasons : ( t ) Good seedlings will unquestionably 
produce better nuts than inferior seedlings. (2) In the event of failure to get 
your trees budded or grafted, you have the next best thing. (3) The. influence 
of a good stock on a bud or graft is likely to be more beneficial than preju- 
dicial. (4) The nuts from good seedlings are themselves profitable, whereas 
if very small Pecans, pignuts, hickories or allied stocks of inferior varieties 
be used, and not subsequently budded or grafted with choice Pecans, the product 
of these seedling trees would be practically worthless. 

Saving Expense. — Where one can not afford to plant a grove entirelv of 
grafted or budded trees, the better plan is to plant seedlings grown from choice 
nuts, at the same time to buy a few budded or grafted trees of some of the 

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ding or grafting wood is difficult to obtain in large quantities and is necessarily 
expensive. Therefore, where seedlings are planted, it behooves everyone to 
forestall this difficulty by having their own budded or grafted trees of choice 
varieties and subsequently to have all the seedlings converted into specific 
varieties, which can be done any time after seedlings have become well estab- 
lished in their permanent place and have commenced to grow vigorously. The 
second or third year would perhaps be the best time to have the trees budded 
or grafted. Budding will be found generally more satisfactory (for well-grown 
trees in their second year, from transplanting and subsequently) than grafting; 
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Disappointment Inevitable. — There will be many disappointments in the 
Pecan business to those who have planted the "cheapest" trees they could buy 
without investigating source or variety of trees or reliability of party selling 
them. As an instance, pignut trees, represented as choice Pecan trees, have 
actually been sold to many persons. It will be heart-breaking to those who 
have planted such trees, relying upon them to support them in their old age, to 

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find they have been swindled and all hope of rest and peace in their declining 
years dashed to the ground. Men will die and leave "Pecan"' groves of this 
kind to their widows and children — with what result? 

"Live and Win." — As compared tolife insurance, as an investment, every- 
thing is in favor of a Pecan grove. After the investment is once made there 
are no premiums to be paid and you do not have to die to reap the benefits. 
The following from the Semi-Weekly Journal, of August 24th, 1900, on this 
subject, is well worth reading : 

"The premium on a life insurance policy of $5,000 invested in a Pecan grove 
will soon earn annually an amount equal to the face of the policy and annual 
increase. Parents and guardians of children will find in this industry safety, 
surety of annual incomes throughout life, which can be reached by no other 
investments. In the Southern States are thousands of acres, so-called "worn 
out," that will grow Pecans under cultivation, as the roots of these trees feed 
upon soils not reached by other tree-roots and soon can be made to pay a 
handsome income where now such lands only grow taxes. Investigation will 
furnish proof of all we have said of the valuable industry, the value of which 
is beyond the figures we have yet stated in the public prints." 

"He who plants a tree, 
He plants love. 

Tents of coolness spreading out 
Above wayfarers he may not live to see. 
Gifts that grow are best; 
Hands that bless are blest ; 
Plant ! life does the rest. 

Heaven and earth helps him who plants a tree, 
And his work its own reward shall see." 

Common Sense. — The expenditure of a small extra amount now with :. 
reliable nurseryman (to ensure getting a good tree), as against the lesser cos f 
of a tree grown from a small, unselected or cull nut (too small or too thick- 
shelled to sell, or from pignuts, hickories and allied species), will repay tin- 
extra expenditure a thousandfold, and one's conscience will rejoice in the 
knowledge of having done the best for himself and those he leaves behind him. 

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INFERIOR TREES EXPENSIVE. 

In the 44th Annual Report of the Horticultural Society of Missouri (1901'!. 
appears an article by Albert Brownell, Northwest Horticulturist, upon the 
subject of "cheap trees." It is replete with so much truth and common sense 
that it may be read with profit by all concerned. It reads: 

"It costs more to produce a good article than a poor one, and in buying, 
the first question should be not how cheap but how good it is. Many people 
understand this well enough, and yet how few ever stop to apply the rule to 

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nursery stock. In no other kind of purchase is the quality of the article of 
such vital importance as in nursery stock. The price of a tree is the smallest 
part of its cost by the time it has come into bearing. If a man buys cheap 
trees, to save a few cents on each, by the time the tree comes into bearing- the 
expense of the land, labor, etc.. has amounted to several times the cost of the 
trees; and consequently if his cheap stock turns out, as it uniformly does, to be 
of inferior and worthless varieties, then it is a serious loss to him and he has 
to begin all over again. Now. is it not plain to all that it is rank folly for 
anyone to risk this dead loss of trees, use of land for years, expense of culti- 
vating, etc., to save a few cents on the tree, when for a trifling increase in 
price he can get the very best warranted stock? As a matter of insurance a 
man can not afford to liny anything but the best warranted stock, It is a 
general rule, which can be relied on, that "cheap" stock is worthless stock, and 
therefore dear at any price. If a man won't pay for good stock, and buys 
cheap stock in order to save money, he is very sure to lose all he puts into it. 
Must of the worthless stock is worked off by strange agents, who sell on their 
own account and are not authorized by any responsible firm to take orders for 
them. Such men buy up refuse stock from large nurseries for almost nothing 
and fill their orders with it, claiming it to be good. They also frequently war- 
rant the stock, but as they are unknown or irresponsible, their warrantv is 




View of seedling Pecan nursery at DeWitt, Oa. 



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absolutely worthless. If people would buy only from agents who can show 
a certificate authorizing them to represent a responsible firm, there would be 
no danger of being cheated, we can not get something for nothing. 

"This is not a world where we can get something for nothing, and when 
an article is ottered at an extraordinarily low price, there must be some good 
reason for it. The very simple reason is that as the article is of bad quality 
it can not be sold in competition with first-class goods, and is therefore neces- 
sarily worked off on the public at a low rate to catch those people who will bite 
at anything cheap, without regard to quality. Such people never get ahead 
because they waste their money on poor trash that gives them no 'value 
received' for their outlay." 

A Warning. — Beware of Tree Peddlers! Look sharp for the so-called 
"nurseryman" who rents a small piece of ground and plants it in the cheapest 
nuts he can find. After securing a few large, fine nuts, as samples of what he 
has planted, he sets out to catch the suckers. Owing to the fact that the common 
Pecan does not begin to bear for five to ten years, the swindler's opportunity 
is assured. We do not mean to say that everyone who plants nuts on "rented" 
ground is necessarily a swindler, but intend to emphasize the prudence of satis- 
fving yourself as to the reliability of the party from whom you liny your trees. 
Have nothing to do with dealers who guarantee tree to bear in two and three 
years. There is not one chance in len thousand of any Pecan tree doing this. 

No Agents. — We have no agents! All pretending to be such are Frauds! 
We send out regularly appointed traveling salesmen, who will take orders, but 
no ONE is authorized to receive monev, receipt bills, nor deliver trees. Send 
ail money direct to us, and do not accept trees unless accompanied by certificate 
signed by G. M. Bacon. 

Another Species of Fraud. — On account of the immense popularity of the 
Pecan, the market is flooded with frauds of all kinds. The Atlanta Journal, of 
August 30th, 1900, warns its readers in the following article: 

"As the demand for budded Pecan trees has rapidly increased, and the visible 
stock of such trees in American nurseries is exceedingly limited from the 
difficulty of their propagation, there hove lately appeared some tree-venders 
who are offering so-called budded trees which are apt to disappoint the pur- 
chasers. One-year-old seedlings are cut back near the surface of the soil, and 
when the new growth is a foot high an incision in the shape of a T is made 
near the severed part, which, when healed over, makes it appear as if the tree 
had been budded: the scar is pointed out as an evidence of this. It would lie 
well for intending purchasers to closely examine all such trees that are offered. 
They are nothing but seedlings 'doctored.' ' 

Again, The Nut Grower (August. 1002), in an article headed "Unscrupulous 
Dealers." written by Mr. Herbert C. White, a gentleman of much practical 
experience in Pecan culture and propagation, says: 

-It will soon be time for ordering Pecan and other nut trees for the coming 
fall and winter planting. The greatest possible care should be taken to buy 
trees, whether seedling, budded or grafted, from reliable men who do no: 

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misrepresent matters. The possibilities of practicing fraud with nut trees, espe- 
cially Pecans (in so far as budding and grafting are concerned), are so great 
that several unscrupulous parties for several seasons past have been selling 
'faked' trees, representing them as budded or grafted, according to the partic- 
ular style of deception. 

"It is the easiest possible matter to so cut the bark of a common seedling 
tree, during the spring and summer months, that it will have every appearance 
by the fall of being budded or grafted. If the work is well done ( ?) an expert 
can hardly tell that the fake work is not genuine, at all events not without 
destroying the tree; and even then it may be impossible to tell, for if the cuts 
are made as deep as they would have to be in genuine budding, deep enough 
for bark to be easily detached, some slight injury is more than apt to occur in 
places to the alburnum or outer layer of sap-wood on seedling tree. Under 
these circumstances, even by cutting a longitudinal section through the 'budded' 
portion of the tree for examination purposes, it is doubtful if in all cases it 
be possible to tell whether the tree is faked or not. 

"It would be a comparatively easy matter for a person familiar with bud- 
ding and grafting in all its details to detect fake buds or grafts within several 
weeks of the work being done, and while trees stood in nursery rows, as some 
little time must elapse before the 'chit,' or eye, of transplanted bud form a 
good union Avith wood of seedling tree, notwithstanding the 'heart to heart' 
theory advanced by one vender of fake trees. A practiced eye can tell at a 
glance the growth from a genuine bud while trees are in nursery rows, espe- 
cially during the first season. 

"Assuming trees to be genuinely budded, the question of genuineness of 
variety comes up. Such phenomena as 'bud variations' so rarely occur that 
the excuse of 'bud variation' could not be intelligently used in the event of 
several trees not coming true to variety represented. 

"One can not afford to wait from five to ten years to find that they have 
been duped, and it is a question whether or not the legal statutory limitations 
in most of the States would not bar a prosecution by the time the fraud was 
proved." 

Budding and Grafting Contracts. — Parties having seedling trees, which 

they wish grafted or budded, will be given such advice and suggestions as the 
best experience dictates and, when possible, contracts for this kind of work will 
be taken at prices consistent with good work. 

Japanese Walnuts. — We are offering Japanese Walnut trees (Juglans 
Sieboldiana) raised from nuts from our own trees. This nut, while not as good 
as the English or Persian Walnut, is worthy of extensive planting. The tree 
is of very rapid growth, begins to bear nuts, in clusters of from seven to fifteen, 
at four years from seed. The meat is very sweet and will be much used by 
confectioners. In our opinion, the merits of this nut are not generally fully 
known. In flavor and quantity of meat it surpasses the butternut or hickorv. 
The foliage is very handsome and the trees, being of comparatively dwarf growth, 
may be planted 25x25 feet. 

Chestnuts. — We have several large, bearing trees, of dense foliage and 
speedy growth, but the results, as to heavy fruiting, have) not come up to 




Japan Walnut Tree. ^Variety: Sieboldiana.) Commenced bearing at four years from seed, r at DeWitt, Ga. 





Japanese Walnuts (Juglans Sieboldiana). Grown at DeWitt, Ga . 



Bearing Persian or Egnlish Walnut Tree (Variety : 
/v., parturiensis) . DeWitt, Ga. 



expectations, and as we only advocate the planting of those trees which are 
Mire to yield a certain profit, we do not at present offer any trees for sale. Real- 
izing the great value of this nut for edible and other purposes, and seeing no 
reason why at least some varieties should not thrive in the lower South, as it 
does in Spain, with very similar climate, experiments and tests will he made 
here with a view to finding a variety which can be successfully and profitably 
grown. 

English Walnuts. — English (or Persian) Walnuts have not been a general 
success in the lower South on account of an affection of the root, although there 
are scattering trees bearing full crops of fine nuts. We have one ourselves. 

As to the Future. — Experiments are being conducted here which, from 
indications, point to the fact that a root has been found (free from diseases) upon 
which the English Walnut may be successfully grafted or budded. 

An Invitation. — We invite those who so desire to visit our groves and nur- 
series. We will take pleasure in entertaining callers between trains, giving 
them the benefit of our experience, and a practical demonstration of the best 
methods of transplanting young trees, etc. 

References. — If you don't know us, or of us, and wish to get better ac- 
quainted, let us know and we will furnish you with the best references in the 
State of Georgia. We have been living in this place twenty years, and have 
been in business in the count}- since the close of the Civil \\ ar. 

As to Dealers. — Dealers purchasing from us sell on their own responsi- 
hilitv. We likewise disclaim any liability for results arising from defective 
planting, or at improper seasons, or from subsequent faultv treatment and 
cultivation. We are not responsible for any loss or damage arising from any 
failure thereof. 

Guarantee. — We guarantee all stock sent out to be well-rooted, well-grown 
for age, properly packed and shipped according to instructions. Our liability 
under all circumstances is limited in amount to the original price received. 
Remember, that no package of trees pertaining to come from our nurseries is 
genuine unless it bears a certificate signed by G. M. Bacon. 

How to Send Money. — Make remittances the most convenient way, but do 
not send money in open mail. Registered letters are considered safe; P. O. 
or Express Money Orders should be drawn on Albany, Ga. ; New York Ex- 
change accepted at par. Personal checks, except Albany, Ga., must include 
fifteen cents for exchange, and in no case will trees be shipped until such 
checks are reported collected by bank. We prefer P. O. money orders. 

Time of Payments. — Unless by special agreement, all payments are posi- 
tivelv cash in advance. Nothing sent C. O. D. Mail orders for future delivery 
must be accompanied by one-fourth cash as a guarantee of good faith. 

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How to Write Orders.— Always use the order blanks sent with circulars 
for making up orders, both for your convenience and ours. If for any reason 
you have no blanks, write the order on separate sheet of paper. Be sure your 
name and P. O. address is plainly written. 

Responsibility in Transportation. — When we take clean receipt from rail- 
way or express companies, our responsibility is at an end. We are not respon- 
sible for any claims that may arise from then on. We make no charges for 
packing, packages, or cartage. All prices are F. O. B. under all circumstances. 

Address communications and make paper payable to 

G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga. 
No San Jose Scale. 

Our nurseries are annually inspected by the Georgia State Entomologist, 
copy of whose certificate accompanies every shipment of trees. The fumigation 
of all nursery stock with hydrocyanic acid gas (required by the laws of the 
State- (it Georgia) is carried out in a scientific manner under cur personal super- 
vision. 




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Varieties* 



Specimen nuts kept on exhibition at our office and at office of S. W. Bacon 
Fruit Co., 33 W. Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. 

As nuts of the finest varieties of Pecans command a ready sale at from $1.00 
to $3.00 per pound, parties writing for specimens are requested to enclose five 
cents for each nut desired, which will be deducted from bill if trees are bought 
from us and order amounts to $5.00 or over. 



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Georgia Giant. 

Combines all good qualities to a greater 
degree of perfection than any Pecan known. 
The nut is verv large, ovate in shape, thin shell, 
meat full and rich. At five years old, the 
parent tree bore thirty-two nuts that weighed 
an even pound. It has borne large crops every 
year since. The parent tree came to us as did 
the Elberta peach to Sam'l H. Rumph. We 
have budded and grafted trees of this variety, 
but not enough to fill long standing orders or to 
go on market with same (winter and spring, 
1902-1903). Owing to the fact that this variety has not heretofore been propa- 
gated by budding or grafting, it has been decided, in view of the numerous 
applications from every section for same, and to show no partiality, that none 
be shipped or sold until present orders can be filled. Orders for budded and 
grafted trees of this variety should be sent in early in 1903 for fall, winter and 
spring planting of 1903-1904. 

We have a limited number of seedling trees of this variety, and on account 
of its blooming earlier than nearly every other variety and those trees standing 
immediately around it, it is expected that a large percentage will come true to 
seeds. 

Prices of Seedling Georgia Giant Trees. 
Sizes. Each. Per 10. Per 100. 

6 inches to 1 foot $2.00 $18.00 $160.00 

1 foot to 2 feet 3 . 00 25 . 00 200 . 00 

2 feet to 3 feet 4 . 00 30 . 00 250 . 00 

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Mammoth. 

Longer than Georgia Giant. This nut 
runs to two and one- fourth inches in length 
and one inch in diameter. The parent tree 
stands on a poor sand ridge and in a Ber- 
muda grass pasture. It is one of the finest 
and largest nuts, and the tree, though young, 
is a good annual bearer. 



Atlanta. 




Medium size, oblong, pointed, shell thin. 
Has probably more meat for size of nut than 
any other variety, except "Bacon's Choice." 
Trees bear every year. Exceptionably valu- 
able. 





Stevens. 

Named for Hon. O. B. Stevens, Commis- 
sioner of Agriculture, State of Georgia. Med- 
^ ium size, elliptical, oblong in shape; bright and 
pretty. Very thin shell and always full of rich 
meat, whether the seasons are wet or dry. Trees 
annual full bearers. 

Bacon's Choice. 

Medium size, slightly ovate, creased toward the 
apex. Shell thin, partitions thin, corky substance 
absent, kernel plump, meat of delicious flavor. Heavy 
annual bearer. Highly recommended b y Professor 
Hume, of Florida Experiment Station. 




Senator. 

Pear shaped; shell and partitions thin; kernel 
full and plump. It is a favorite with the housewife 
on account of the ease with which the kernel is 
extracted, and its other excellent qualities. Heavy 
annual bearer. 



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Magnumbonum. 

A fine, large nut, ovate in shape, of thin 
shell and rich, delicious flavor. It is a com- 
mercial favorite and highly recommended. 
This nut closely resembles the "Georgia Giant," 
both in size and other good qualities. Heavy 
animal hearer. (Budded and grafted trees for 
sale, season 1903- 1904.) 

Egg Shell. 



So called on account of the extreme 

thinness of shell, which is its special merit. 

It has a fine flavor and is a good hearer. 
Above medium size. 



Brackett. 

Ovate in shape, thin shell. Named for our 
United States pomologist, the Hon. G. B. Brackett. 
It is a very fine market Pecan, unexcelled in richness 
of flavor. Trees are fine growers, heavy bearers, ami 
with proper care and attention come into bearing at 
five vears old. 



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NEW VARIETIES. 

The following varieties have been budded and grafted with buds and scions 
from bearing trees in Louisiana and Mississippi. We are top-budding and 
grafting' a number of fifteeu-' ,T ear-old trees in our groves with these varieties. 
As soon as these buds and grafts on these large trees bear, we will obtain prop- 
agating wood therefrom. 

Frotscher Egg Shell. 

This is a very popular variety, and owing 
to its excellent qualities have propagated same. 
Nut large, oblong-ovoid in shape, thin shell ; 
kernel plump and sweet. 




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Centennial. 




One of the oldest improved varie- 
ties. Nut large, pointed at both ends; 
shell thin; kernel plump. The parent 
tree is believed to have been grafted fifty 
vears ago. 



Columbian. 




This nut is believed by many to be iden- 
tical with the "Rome," "Pride of the 
Coast," and "Twentieth Century." There is 
abundant reason for this belief. It is one of 
the largest Pecans known. Shape, round at 
one end, pointed at the other ; kernel rich and 
sweet. A very profitable variety. 



Rome. 




Description practically same as "Colum- 
bian" and "Pride of the Coast." 



Van Deman. 




Large nut, oblong in shape, pointed at 
apex; shell thin. A favorite variety in 
Florida and Georgia. 




Stuart. 



One of the oldest named varieties. Ovoid in 
shape; shell thin; kernel plump. A popular 
variety of demonstrated value and excellence. 



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Capital. 




A large, handsome nut, oblong-ovoid in 
shape, bearing- much resemblance to the "Co- 
lumbian." 



Robson. 




A medium-sized, very thin-shelled nut, ob- 
long-ovoid Jn shape, very full of meat. A com- 
paratively new variety, but of great merit. 



As to Other Varieties Not Listed Herein. — We realize the fact that there 
are a few other varieties of merit, which will be added to our list from time to 
time as we have an opportunity to verify all good points claimed for them. 
Some of our customers will probably want to obtain trees not listed by us. For 
the accommodation of such parties, we will be pleased to order for them any 
variety of Pecan, walnut or other tree they may wish, purchasing same only 
from those nurserymen who are regarded in the trade as reliable. 

Saving Trouble. — In this way parties may save themselves much corres- 
pondence, trouble and annoyance and have the benefit of our advice and experi- 
ence in such matters at no greater expense than if they undertook to order the 
trees directly from various parties. 

Grafting and Budding Wood. — Parties wishing grafting or budding wood 
of any variety will also be accommodated in like manner, so far as in our power 
to obtain same for them. 




Japan Walnut (Sieboldiana). 



A hardy tree of magnificent foliage, handsome 
form and early bearing; comes true to seed. 



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Price- List* 



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GRAFTED AND BUDDED TREES. 

Mammoth, Atlanta, Stevens, Bacon's Choice, Senator, Frotscher Egg 
Shell, Centennial, Columbian, Van Deman, Egg Shell, Stuart, Capital, Rob- 
son, Rome. 

Inches. Each. Per Doz. Per ioo. 

io-20 $1.50 $15.00 $100.00 

20-30 , 1.75 18.00 125.00 

30-40 2 . 00 21 . 00 1 50 . 00 

Special prices on larger trees. In any case, let us know what you want and 
we will figure with you. 

Tbe above varieties are grafted and budded upon exceptionally good seedling stocks, aDd no pignuts, 
hickories, or other inferiorallied stocks are used by us. The nuts from which our stocks arc grown are of the 
same grade and class, and in many cases better than those referred to in subjoined testimonials. 



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CHOICE SEEDLING TREES OF SPECIFIC VARIETIES. 

(Raised from nuts from large, healthy, early-bearing, vigorous trees, and especially recommended 

after our sixteen years' experience.) 

Mammoth, Atlanta, Stevens, Senator, Bacon's Choice, Brackett, Mag- 
numbonum. 

Sizes. Each. 

1 1 inches to 1 foot, one year $ .20 

1 foot to 2 feet, one year 25 

2 feet to 3 feet, two years 50 

3 feet to 4 feet, two years 75 

4 feet and over, two years r. . 00 

For Prices of "Georgia Giant" Trees, see page 22. 



Per 10. 


Per 100. 


Per 1 ,000. 


$1.90 


$18.00 


$160.00 


2-35 


22 . 50 


200.00 


4-75 


45.00 


400.00 


7. 10 


67 . 50 


600 . 00 


9-5° 


90.00 


800.00 



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JAPAN WALNUTS. 

(Juglans Sieboldiana.) 

Sizes. Each. 

6 inches to 2 feet, one year $ .25 

2 feet to 3 feet, two years 30 

3 feet to 4 feet, three years 50 

-I feet to 5 feet, three years 75 

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3 er 10. 


Per 100. 


$2.40 


$22 . 50 


2.85 


27.00 


4-75 


45.00 


7. 10 


67.50 



COMMERCIAL PECAN SEEDLINGS. 

Separate and distinct from our seedling trees of specific varieties (above 
named), and to fill the demands of the trade and large growers, we plant each 
year many hundreds of pounds of nuts, produced in our commercial orchards, 
and keep a large stock of trees always on hand to supply nurserymen and others. 
We offer well-grown, thrifty Pecan seedlings one and two years old at the 
following prices : 

Sizes. Per ioo. Per 1,000. 

1 to 2 feet $10 . 00 $ 90 . 00 

2 to 3 feet 25 . 00 225 . 00 

3 to 4 feet , . . . . 45 . 00 360 . 00 

4 feet and over 50 . 00 450 . 00 

Liberal discounts allowed on large orders. Correspondence from nur- 
serymen and others invited. 



NUTS. 

Parties wishing, to purchase nuts for seed or edible purposes are requested 
to send us list of varieties, with quantities wanted, and we will quote prices. 

£? £? & 

Our Trees Are Dug by Skilled Men and Not Ploughed Up. 



NUMBER OF TREES TO THE ACRE. 

Distance Apart — feet. No. of Trees. 

20x20 108 

25x25 69 

30x30 48 

35^35 35 

4OX4O 2J 

45^45 2l 

50X50 17 

60x60 12 

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"The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating." 

We have a number of trees, the products of which, while very fine, are 
not up to the standard for seed. To give some idea of the high esteem in 
which they are held by the public in general, the following letters from merchants 
who have handled them are submitted. THE "COMMERCIAL PECAN 
SEEDLINGS" WE OFFER FOR SALE ARE RAISED FROM NUTS 
EQUAL IN SIZE AND QUALITY TO THOSE HERE REFERRED TO. 



"The Largest and Pre-Eminently Superior in Richness of Flavor." 

Albany, Ga., Feb. 21, 1900. 
This is to certify that we have sold the paper shell Pecans, grown by 
Mr. G. M. Bacon, of DeWitt, Ga., for several years, and they are pronounced 
by all the largest and pre-eminently superior in richness of flavor to all others 
ever seen or offered for sale in this market. The demand has always been 
greater than the supply. Albany Drug Company, 

Wholesale and Retail Druggists, 

B. H. Hodges, Sec'y. 

"My Customers Will Have No Others." 

Albany, Ga., July 20, 1900. 
Mr. G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga. 

Dear Sir : — It is rather early, but I want to bespeak in time an ample 
supply of your present crop of Pecans. My customers will have no others. 
Although I have handled many hundreds of pounds in the past, I have never 
been able to supply the demand. Please let me know as early as possible how- 
many you can let me have the coming season, and oblige 

Yours respectfully, 

J. J. McCranie, 

Retail Groceries. 

"They Have Proven More Than Satisfactory." 

Albany, Ga., Feb. 21, 1900. 
Mr. G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga. 

Dear Sir: — Referring to your inquiry as to the demand and quality of 
Pecans supplied me from your groves, I am pleased to say that they have 
proved more satisfactory to my trade, both on account of size and flavor, than 
any I have been able to obtain elsewhere. Yours truly, 

S. Sterne, 
Retail Groceries. 

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Customers Will Not Have Those From Other Markets. 

Albany, Ga., July 20, 1900. 
Mr. G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga. 

Dear Sir: — We would like to know the prospects of securing more of 
your Pecans this season. As you know, we sell a great many in a retail way, 
and when yours give out our customers won't have those we are able to buy 
from New York and the other markets. Not only the size, but the quality is 
far ahead of anything we are able to get. As early as possible, kindly let us 
know how many will be our share of your crop of 1900. Let us have all you 
can. Very truly. Mock & Rawson, 

Retail Groceries. 

"They Are Certainly Very Fine Flavor and Full Meated." 

Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1, 1900. 
Mr. G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga. 

Dear Sir: — We have used some of your Pecans, bought from the S. W. 
Bacon Fruit Co., and we found them to be so much better than the Texas 
Pecans that we would like to arrange to get ah we need this season from you. 
They are certainly very fine flavor and full meated. Let us know if you can 
furnish us this season, and oblige. Yours truly, McDonald & Co., 

Commission, Fruit and Produce. 
"The Pecans Were Full Meated and of Exceptionally Fine Flavor," 

Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 20, 1900. 
Mr. (i. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga. 

Dear Sir: — We bought several sacks of your F'ecans from the S. W. 
Bacon Fruit Co., and our customers were well pleased with them. The Pecans 
were full meated and of exceptionally fine flavor. We would be pleased to have 
vou let us know how many you can let us have from your crop this season. 
Yours truly. C. J. Kamper Grocery Co., 

Retail Groceries. 
"Far Superior to the Texas Pecans." 

Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 30, 1900. 

Mr. G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga. 

Dear Sir : — The Pecans we bought through the S. W. Bacon Fruit Co. 
were very fine, being full meated, sweet, and far superior to the Texas Pecans. 
We would be pleased to have some more of them as soon as they are ripe. 
Please let us hear from you, and oblige 

Yours respectfully, A. Fugazzi, 

Commission, Fruit and Produce. 

Note. — The above are only a few testimonials, selected on account of their 
terseness and the business standing of the writers. 

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An Appeal* 



"Young" man, plant a Pecan grove, and it will support you in your old 
age, and enable you to pass the evening of your life in luxury, free from the 
toil and care necessary to the ordinary callings. Old gentleman, whose tide 
of life is upon the ebb, and whose tottering footsteps are slowly earning you 
towards the other side of the Great River, plant a Pecan grove, because it does 
not require the amount of care and cultivation necessary to other crops, and 
if you do not live to reap the benefits from it yourself, those who come after 
you, and for whom it is your duty to provide, while enjoying the fruit of your 
labor and forethought, will always have a green spot in their memory for the 
good old man who was so thoughtful as to provide bountifully for them in 
his old age, and they will plant a fresh flower on your grave with every recur- 
ring Spring.'' 

From an article in The Rural World, by E. T: Hollister, which shows how 
high an estimate is placed upon the Pecan by one who is in every way capaci- 
tated to judge of its worth. 



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OCT 7 1902 



MEMORANDA. 



PRESS OF FOOTE & DAVIES CO., ATLANTA. 



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G. M. BACON 

DeWITT 

MITCHELL COUNTY 

GEORGIA 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



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